Main question:
How does the Polyend Time Stretching algorithm sound/perform in comparison to those found in many classic Akai Samplers? [Example S-950 and S-3000]
Here are the parameters, which we work with within The Tracker:
Time Stretching Note
Time Stretching Beat
Similar effect can also be obtained by using a track and then copy same note to all the steps and using fill with the sample position effect.
Here are the parameters, which we work with within The Akai environment:
Without making lots of LCD screenshots from Akai sub menus, a plugin called Akaizer was created by Ben Burchett, which captured the essential feel of the classic Akai Time Stretching and it looks like this parameter-wise:
Notes from Akaizer:
- Akaizer can time stretch (and/or pitch shift) any in the style of the ‘cyclic’ time stretch which featured on old Akai sound samplers, like the S950 / S1000 / S2000 / S3000 series.
- CLASSIC simulates the Akai cyclic time stretch as faithfully as possible, with perfect pitch but with minor quirks like bad timing.
- REVISED improves on the classic algorithm with perfect timing and a fuller sound but with the minor compromise of the pitch drifting ever so slightly away from its true key with some settings.